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By Jesse Rudolph and Bryon Daniels. Fearsome 50s. 1950s overview. Korean war begins Color TV introduced Seat belts introduced DNA discovered Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer Disneyland opens T.V. Remote Control Invented Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
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By Jesse Rudolph and Bryon Daniels Fearsome 50s
1950s overview • Korean war begins • Color TV introduced • Seat belts introduced • DNA discovered • Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer • Disneyland opens • T.V. Remote Control Invented • Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat • Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit • LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced • Alaskaand Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
1950s timeline • 1950First "Peanuts" Cartoon Strip • Korean War Begins 1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states. • 1951Color TV Introduced • 1952Car Seat Belts Introduced • 1953 DNA Discovered • 1954 • Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer • 1955 • Disneyland Opens • Emmett Till Murdered • McDonald's Corporation Founded • 1956T.V. Remote Control Invented • Velcro Introduced • 1957 Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat • Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit • 1958 Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian • Hula Hoops Become Popular • LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced • NASA Founded • Peace Symbol Created
1950 • Korean war begins • First peanuts comic strip • First modern credit card • Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt
1951 • Color TV Introduced • South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race • Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII • Winston Churchill Again Prime Minister of Great Britain
1952 • Car Seat Belts Introduced • The Great Smog of 1952 • Jacques Cousteau Discovers Ancient Greek Ship • Polio Vaccine Created • Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at Age 25
1953 • DNA Discovered • Hillary and Norgay Climb Mt. Everest • Joseph Stalin Dies • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage
1954 Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
1955 • Disneyland Opens • Emmett Till Murdered • McDonald's Corporation Founded
1956 Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show • Velcro Introduced • T.V. Remote Control Invented
1957 • Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat • Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit
1958 • Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian • Hula Hoops Become Popular • LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced • NASA Founded • Peace Symbol Created
1959 • U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be Fixed Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
References http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1950timeline.htm